Taxon: Verbascum thapsus L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CO*, HI*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• Aaron's-rod   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• common mullein   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• flannelleaf   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• flannelplant   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• great mullein   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English
  
• hag taper   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• mullein   (Source: State Noxweed Seed ) – English
  
• torches   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• velvet-dock   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• velvetplant   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• bouillon blanc   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• molène   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• barbasco   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• verbasco   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• gordolobo común   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• guardalobo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Rollins & Al-Shehbaz, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89B:297. 1986; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

      Native:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands [Tenerife]
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Eastern Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan
  China: China - Jiangsu, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
• naturalized in tropical Asia, Australia, New Zealand, United States (including Hawaii), Canada, & s. South America

References:

• Black, J. M. 1943–1957. Flora of Southern Australia, ed. 2. (F SAustBlack)
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. (L Macar ed4)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). (F Chiangsu)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Rollins, R. & I. Al-Shehbaz. 1986. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89B:297.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). (L Azores)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia. (China FlEncy)
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Verbascum thapsus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Verbascum thapsus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Verbascum thapsus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?41150 (09 February 2010)

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